Android 16 introduces a new API called SettingsPreferenceService that lets apps contribute their preferences to the Android Settings app. This API lets apps declare which of their own preferences can ...

Accessing the Settings app frequently can be cumbersome, especially if you need to navigate through multiple screens to reach it. To simplify this process, you can add the Settings app directly to ...

Google today released the Android 16 QPR2 Beta 3.2 update for Pixel devices enrolled in the Android Beta Program, here's what ...

Android 15 is progressing steadily, with Beta 3 now available for Pixel devices enrolled in the beta program. This release comes roughly a month after Beta 2 and introduces the much-anticipated ...

Sadly, many new smartphones come equipped with additional programs that you may not use, though you may never even notice it. These programs are known as bloatware and should be uninstalled to ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Android 16 could come with new Advanced Protection options. Google's Advanced Protection Program is a suite of optional ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...